sunny_skies
2024
2023
2009
2023
this game is like, weirdly chill to me. i've had a lot of fun hanging out with my boyfriend and others for sure, but i also keep finding myself going in solo with some mods installed and just soaking up the atmosphere. idk what it is about it, but roaming the various abandoned buildings and hanging out in the ship on my own just feels oddly... therapeutic? clearly there is something wrong with me.
Curse these games and their ability to make me cry during the ending cutscenes.
Phenomenal game, and such a step up from Y7 in a lot of ways. I have some gripes with the storytelling, I feel like it sort of loses focus at a point... but still, everything comes together nicely by the end so it's hard to be too upset about it. Other than that, this is probably the best title in the series to date.
Now, can we please let this studio make a fully fledged tycoon / management game? Dondoko was far more fun than it had any right to be!!
Phenomenal game, and such a step up from Y7 in a lot of ways. I have some gripes with the storytelling, I feel like it sort of loses focus at a point... but still, everything comes together nicely by the end so it's hard to be too upset about it. Other than that, this is probably the best title in the series to date.
Now, can we please let this studio make a fully fledged tycoon / management game? Dondoko was far more fun than it had any right to be!!
2024
2011
I dunno, I think theirs something here. I was honestly having fun with it for a bit, jank and all, but it just gets so repetitive. Running down the same tight hallways over and over to shoot the same handful of enemy types... Once I was a couple chapters into Ryuji's part I felt like I had seen enough.
Also god, the translations for these games used to be fucking rough huh?
Also god, the translations for these games used to be fucking rough huh?
Fun fact! I bought this shortly after release and am only now finishing it, a little over two weeks before the release of Infinite Wealth!
Anyway yeah, this is a stellar 'One of These'. Like A Dragon knocks just about everything out of the park, from the brand new RPG gameplay to the substories to the side activities. Standing back and looking at it as a full package, this is without a doubt one of my favorite games in the series.
My only real issues with it stem from the sudden difficulty spike and need to grind near the tail end of the game. If you've played it, I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about. I was also a bit disappointed that Sotenbori and Kamurocho were so empty in comparison to Ijincho, but it's not like you really spend that much time there anyway so I can let it slide.
Story is great too, it's probably the most invested I've been in one since Zero. Anime bullshit aside (I still don't quite get the deal with Mirror Face lmao) it's super touching and I think Ichiban is the perfect kinda guy to carry a story like this, dude's got a lot of heart and is pretty much the perfect blend of silly and serious. I might even be as bold as to say I prefer him to Kiryu!!
Glad I finally took the time to play this the whole way through, and I'm incredibly excited to get my hands on the next one very soon!!
Anyway yeah, this is a stellar 'One of These'. Like A Dragon knocks just about everything out of the park, from the brand new RPG gameplay to the substories to the side activities. Standing back and looking at it as a full package, this is without a doubt one of my favorite games in the series.
My only real issues with it stem from the sudden difficulty spike and need to grind near the tail end of the game. If you've played it, I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about. I was also a bit disappointed that Sotenbori and Kamurocho were so empty in comparison to Ijincho, but it's not like you really spend that much time there anyway so I can let it slide.
Story is great too, it's probably the most invested I've been in one since Zero. Anime bullshit aside (I still don't quite get the deal with Mirror Face lmao) it's super touching and I think Ichiban is the perfect kinda guy to carry a story like this, dude's got a lot of heart and is pretty much the perfect blend of silly and serious. I might even be as bold as to say I prefer him to Kiryu!!
Glad I finally took the time to play this the whole way through, and I'm incredibly excited to get my hands on the next one very soon!!
2023
2022
I love this game with all my heart and soul. I took a chance on it back when it launched in 2016 and I still find myself coming back to it now at the start of 2024. So incredibly happy that IOI were able to find success with this after all they were put through, and I'm so glad to finally see the whole trilogy wrapped up in one neat little package.
You owe it to yourself to play this, there's really no other stealth game like it.
You owe it to yourself to play this, there's really no other stealth game like it.